From our Toulouse HQ, we’re sooo happy to announce the release of David Simard’s new album, ‘The Heavy Wait’, on September 15th, 2017!

The majority of ‘The Heavy Wait’ was recorded in a charged live-off-the-floor session in Arcade Fire’s old ‘Petite Église’ studio in Farnham, Québec. Waves of horns and lap steel guitar, sparsely placed piano, and haunting clarinet lines recorded later in Paris and Vancouver rush to complement the live performances. Eleven songs written over a period of eight years spent between Montréal, Paris, Vancouver, and Dorreen – an abandoned mining town in Northern British Columbia. Eleven songs that hold in balance both a dark smouldering energy and an airy relief – both valley bottom and mountain summit. An album with a palpable intensity that remains somehow soothing.

‘A set of lush, twangy tracks that range from wistful to whimsical.’
– Sarah Murphy (Exclaim!)

‘An atmospheric, brooding, and compelling collection of dark-yet-pretty folk songs that artfully wend their way into one’s brain, and lodge there.’
– David Morisson (Folk Radio)

For the first time, we’re teaming up with our good pals at Microcultures to run the pre-orders! It’s been up for a little while now and you have until June 25th to secure yourself a copy. And not only can you get ‘The Heavy Wait’ on vinyl, CD or digital but there’s also some fancy options that include – amongst other things – an unreleased live album, a beautiful 16 x 20” screenprinted poster and even a private concert! Holy moly!

Orion Rigel Dommisse just unveiled another song from her mind-blowing new record, ‘Omicron‘. This one’s called ‘Nightgaunt’ and it’s the opening track of the album. You can listen to it via Soundcloud.

‘Omicron’ is set for release on October 18th, 2014 and pre-orders are still running! Secure yourself a copy now by visiting our online store. Or take advantage of our combo deal: if you order ‘Omicron’ and ‘Chickens’, the shipping is on us! Worldwide!

Pre-orders are up and running as of today! And to celebrate, we’re leaking two songs from it: the first single, ‘Hewn’, as a free download via Bandcamp and Soundcloud, and the epic ‘Resonator’, for streaming-only, via Soundcloud.

‘Omicron’ comes as a beautiful 12” vinyl (+ download code). Secure yourself a copy now by visiting our online store. Or take advantage of our combo deal: if you order ‘Omicron’ and ‘Chickens’, the shipping is on us! Worldwide!

Orion will embark on a 3-week European tour this Fall to support the release, playing 15 shows in 5 countries (France, Spain, Italy, Germany and Denmark). All dates TBA.

A Band of Buriers are embarking on a short Germany/Austria/France tour, starting tonight in Mülheim, DE (we have very little to no info about this show so we’ll just guess that if you live there, you’ve heard about it and know more than we do). They’re touring as a 3-piece with drummer extraordinaire Ramon Sherrington.